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Institutional Context of Family Eldercare in Mexico and the United States

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  1. LBJ School of Public Affairs and Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, P.O. Box Y, Austin, TX, 78713, USA

    Jacqueline L. Angel

  2. Department of Sociology, 3.530 CLA A1700, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA

    Ronald J. Angel

  3. National Institute of Geriatrics, National Institutes of Health, Blvd. Adolfo Ruiz Cortines No. 2767, Colonia San Jeronimo Lidice, 10200, Mexico City, Mexico

    Mariana López-Ortega & Luis Miguel Gutiérrez Robledo

  4. Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Room S422 CPHB, 145 N. Riverside Dr, Iowa City, IA, 52242-2007, USA

    Robert B. Wallace

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Angel, J.L., Angel, R.J., López-Ortega, M. et al. Institutional Context of Family Eldercare in Mexico and the United States. J Cross Cult Gerontol 31, 327–336 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-016-9291-3

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